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Table 4 Probability of hospitalization of household members with kidney health issues under the NHI scheme

From: The influence of the National Health Insurance scheme of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic on healthcare access and catastrophic health expenditures for patients with chronic renal disease, and the possibility of integrating organ transplantation into the health financing system

Independent variable (based on Andersen’s behavioural model)

Binary logistic regression model 1: probability of hospitalization

NHI 2021

Nagelkerke R2 = 0.411

OR

P value

Predisposing factors

  

 Gender of respondent

  

  Male

  

  Female

0.992

0.976

 Age of respondent (years)

  

  18–35

  

  36–69

0.518

0.125

  50 or above

9.763

0.001*

 Marital status

  

  Single

  

  Married

1.104

0.737

 Level of education

  

  Never attended school to primary school

  

  Lower secondary to secondary school

1.330

0.531

  College/university degree

0.803

0.656

 Size of household

  

  1–4 people (small)

  

  5 people or more (large)

0.766

0.371

Enabling factors

  

 Level of income

  

  Less than 1 million LAK (US$ 100)

  

  1–2.5 million LAK (US$ 100–250)

0.793

0.584

  2.5–5 million LAK (US$ 250–500)

0.924

0.831

  More than 5 million LAK (US$ 500)

1.024

0.958

 City of residence

  

  Capital (Kaysone Phomvihane District)

  

  Other districts

0.833

0.519

Need factors

  

 Chronic condition

  

  No

  

  Yes

1.716

0.163

  1. *Statistically significant at a 95% confidence interval